Re: PS3 Home: The Mens Fashion Runway!

JP, I'm afraid I owe you an apology. When I told you to stay out of my wardrobe I didn't realize that you didn't have a pair of pants to your name. Please, feel free to borrow whatever you need. We can't have you going out in public dressed like that.

Re: PS3 Home: The Mens Fashion Runway!

Number_51 wrote:JP, I'm afraid I owe you an apology. When I told you to stay out of my wardrobe I didn't realize that you didn't have a pair of pants to your name. Please, feel free to borrow whatever you need. We can't have you going out in public dressed like that.

Thanks 51 - Now - if you would just give me the combo's to all those locks you put on your closet door - I could wear civil clothing once again.

Re: PS3 Home: The Mens Fashion Runway!

I posted this in my Ladies Fashion Thread. Hope you don't mind my posting it here. I suspect it would useful for some when it comes to sizing pics so they display without creating scrolling issues when viewing not only the pics but the text.

I realize this post isn't for everyone so skip it if you aren't interested but for those technically inclined.

Ok, lets try this to see if this might help some with respect to posting pictures. Number_51, please chime in if I'm getting this wrong.

I found this information provided by Number_51 very interesting. It appears the most common monitor resolution used by people accessing websites it 1024 x 768 (or larger). Over 50 percent have that monitor resolution set to 1024 on their PC's, and posting images to websites should really be set-up to accomodate those users if you want them to view your posts as intended.

Common Monitor Resolutions (some statistics)

1. 1024x768 30,797 53.71%

2. 1280x1024 7,702 13.43%

3. 1280x800 7,219 12.59%

4. 1440x900 3,117 5.44%

5. 800x600 1,829 3.19%

As a result the browser window is approximately divided up as follows for the 1024 resolution type (courtesy Number_51):

To make a long story short, the available number of pixels available when posting pictures (or a group of pictures) should not exceed approximately 690 pixels. If it does it will overflow the browser window forcing the user to scroll left to right to either read text or to see the entire picture, or if separate pictures it will force the second or third picture to the next line so to speak.

The preferable thing to do when posting pictures is to keep the size within 690 pixels (I'd recommend no more than 680 pixels). When I post two images side by side now I keep both images to 340 pixels each which is a total of 680 pixels. That should keep the browser window happy with respect to the size for the monitor resolution most people view this website at and hopefully keep the images displayed in the browser the way they were intended to be viewed.

You can set your size either by setting the information in the dialog box before inserting it into your post, or by selecting the picture after inserting it, and then setting the size. (Note: hitting the small tree icon in the tool bar, circled in red in the pic below, when posting will open up the insert picture dialog box.)

What I do is set the width and leave the second dimension blank. That will keep the picture from distorting or having to try and figure out what the second dimension should be. The following window shows how I set my dialog box before hitting insert. I place the link, then edit the size (1st field is the width) to either 340 or 680 while leaving the second field blank. Then I hit Insert.

Note: I also photo edit all my pictures in photoshop and in doing so I work with a fixed crop of 3.5" x 5" or 5" x 3.5" at 200 dpi. That insures that all my pictures will be the same size which makes it easier for me to size them and have them the same size when inserting them into my posts. (Technically 72 dpi would be suffiicient but I won't go there. LoL)

It's a slow day for me so I guess this is something to have occupied my time. Hopefully some will find it useful.

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Note: Another Primer on Uploading and Inserting pics can be found at the following link